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Data Communication Networks

Art: not stated, Fletcher's Combined Block Telegraph Apparatus and Bell, 1889 · Public domain

Instructors: Prof. Dimitri Bertsekas, Prof. Eytan Modiano
Term: Fall 2002
Level: Graduate
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Data Communication Networks

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Lecture 1: Introduction, OSI 7-Layer Architecture

Lecture 2: Data Link Layers, Framing, Error Detection

Lecture 3: Retransmission Algorithms

Lecture 4: Retransmission Algorithms

Lecture 5: Queueing Models - Introduction & Little’s Theorem

Lecture 6: M/M/1, M/M/m, Queues etc.

Lecture 7: Networks of Queues

Lecture 8: M/G/1 Queues

Lecture 9: M/G/1 Queue Occupancy Distribution

Lecture 10: M/G/1 w/ Vacations, Reservations, Priority Queues

Lecture 11: Stability of Queueing Systems

Lecture 12: Quiz

Lecture 13: Multiple Access & Aloha

Lecture 14: Stabilized Aloha, Tree Algorithms

Lecture 15: CSMA, CSMA/CD and Ethernet

Lecture 16: High-Speed LANs, Token Rings, Satellite Reservations

Lecture 17: Introduction to Switch Architecture

Lecture 18: High Speed Switch Scheduling

Lecture 19: Broadcast Routing & Spanning Trees

Lecture 20: Shortest Path Routing

Lecture 21: Distributed Routing Algorithms, Optimal Routing

Lecture 22: Flow Control - Window/Credit Schemes

Lecture 23: Flow Control - Rate Based Schemes

Lecture 24: Transport Layer and TCP/IP

Lecture 25: ATM Networks

Lecture 26: Special Topic: Optical Networks, Wireless Networks